Technologies for opportunistic acceleration overprovisioning for disaggregated architectures

ABSTRACT

Technologies for opportunistic acceleration overprovisioning for disaggregated architectures include a compute device. The compute device includes accelerator devices and a management logic unit. The management logic unit is to receive a plurality of job execution requests, each job execution request including a job requested to be accelerated received from an orchestrator server. The management logic unit is also to determine one or more job parameters of each requested job based on the corresponding job execution request, select an accelerator device of the compute device to execute each job based at least in part on the job parameters of the corresponding job, determine, for each job, whether one or more kernels are to be registered on the corresponding accelerator device selected for the corresponding job to enable the corresponding accelerator device to execute the job, register, in response to a determination that the one or more kernels are to be registered, the one or more kernels on the corresponding accelerator device, and schedule, for each accelerator device of the compute device, the kernels of the corresponding accelerator device based on a kernel prediction.

BACKGROUND

Demand for accelerator devices has continued to increase because theaccelerator devices are becoming more important as they may be used invarious technological areas, such as machine learning and genomics.Typical architectures for accelerator devices, such as fieldprogrammable gate arrays (FPGAs), cryptography accelerators, graphicsaccelerators, and/or compression accelerators (referred to herein as“accelerator devices,” “accelerators,” or “accelerator resources”)capable of accelerating the execution of a set of operations in aworkload (e.g., processes, applications, services, etc.) may allowstatic assignment of specified amounts of shared resources of theaccelerator device (e.g., high bandwidth memory, data storage, etc.)among different portions of the logic (e.g., circuitry) of theaccelerator device. Typically, the workload is allocated with therequired processor(s), memory, and accelerator device(s) for theduration of the workload. The workload may use its allocated acceleratordevice at any point of time; however, in many cases, the acceleratordevices will remain idle leading to wastage of resources.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The concepts described herein are illustrated by way of example and notby way of limitation in the accompanying figures. For simplicity andclarity of illustration, elements illustrated in the figures are notnecessarily drawn to scale. Where considered appropriate, referencelabels have been repeated among the figures to indicate corresponding oranalogous elements.

FIG. 1 is a simplified block diagram of at least one embodiment of asystem for overprovisioning of accelerator devices of an acceleratorsled through a predictive execution technique;

FIG. 2 is a simplified block diagram of at least one embodiment of anenvironment that may be established by an accelerator sled of the systemof FIG. 1;

FIGS. 3-5 are a simplified flow diagram of at least one embodiment of amethod for overprovisioning an accelerator device to execute a jobrequested to be accelerated that may be executed by the accelerator sledof the system of FIGS. 1 and 2; and

FIGS. 6-7 are simplified diagrams of at least one embodiment of datacommunications that may sent through the system of FIG. 1 in associationwith overprovisioning one or more accelerator devices.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

While the concepts of the present disclosure are susceptible to variousmodifications and alternative forms, specific embodiments thereof havebeen shown by way of example in the drawings and will be describedherein in detail. It should be understood, however, that there is nointent to limit the concepts of the present disclosure to the particularforms disclosed, but on the contrary, the intention is to cover allmodifications, equivalents, and alternatives consistent with the presentdisclosure and the appended claims.

References in the specification to “one embodiment,” “an embodiment,”“an illustrative embodiment,” etc., indicate that the embodimentdescribed may include a particular feature, structure, orcharacteristic, but every embodiment may or may not necessarily includethat particular feature, structure, or characteristic. Moreover, suchphrases are not necessarily referring to the same embodiment. Further,when a particular feature, structure, or characteristic is described inconnection with an embodiment, it is submitted that it is within theknowledge of one skilled in the art to effect such feature, structure,or characteristic in connection with other embodiments whether or notexplicitly described. Additionally, it should be appreciated that itemsincluded in a list in the form of “at least one of A, B, and C” can mean(A); (B); (C); (A and B); (A and C); (B and C); or (A, B, and C).Similarly, items listed in the form of “at least one of A, B, or C” canmean (A); (B); (C); (A and B); (A and C); (B and C); or (A, B, and C).

The disclosed embodiments may be implemented, in some cases, inhardware, firmware, software, or any combination thereof. The disclosedembodiments may also be implemented as instructions carried by or storedon one or more transitory or non-transitory machine-readable (e.g.,computer-readable) storage media, which may be read and executed by oneor more processors. A machine-readable storage medium may be embodied asany storage device, mechanism, or other physical structure for storingor transmitting information in a form readable by a machine (e.g., avolatile or non-volatile memory, a media disc, or other media device).

In the drawings, some structural or method features may be shown inspecific arrangements and/or orderings. However, it should beappreciated that such specific arrangements and/or orderings may not berequired. Rather, in some embodiments, such features may be arranged ina different manner and/or order than shown in the illustrative figures.Additionally, the inclusion of a structural or method feature in aparticular figure is not meant to imply that such feature is required inall embodiments and, in some embodiments, may not be included or may becombined with other features.

Referring now to FIG. 1, in an illustrative embodiment, a system 100 foroverprovisioning of accelerator devices of an accelerator sled 102includes an orchestrator server 104 in communication with acceleratorsleds 102 and compute sleds 106. In use, as described in more detailbelow, an accelerator sled 102 receives, via the orchestrator server104, job execution requests with jobs to be accelerated from a computesled 106 executing different applications. For each job, the acceleratorsled 102 determines a kernel (e.g., a set of circuitry and/or executablecode usable to implement a set of functions) required to execute therequested job based on the job execution request. The accelerator sled102 further determines an accelerator device 130 to register thedetermined kernel and schedules the requested job to the acceleratordevice 130 for execution. It should be appreciated that multiple kernelsmay be registered on each accelerator device 130. The acceleratordevices 130 are overprovisioned to execute multiple jobs requested to beaccelerated by registering multiple kernels from different applicationson the accelerator devices 130 to reduce wastage of resources.Additionally, in the illustrative embodiment, the accelerator sled 102is configured to monitor all kernel submissions and executions andpredict the next kernel that is likely to be needed for a job, based onexecution patterns of the registered kernels on the accelerator devices130 of the accelerator sled 102.

It should be understood that in other embodiments, the system 100 mayinclude a different number of accelerator sleds 102, the compute sleds106, and/or other sleds (e.g., memory sleds or storage sleds). Thesystem 100 may provide compute services (e.g., cloud services) to aclient device 110 that is in communication with the system 100 through anetwork 108. The orchestrator server 104 may support a cloud operatingenvironment, such as OpenStack, and the accelerator sleds 102 and thecompute sled 106 may execute one or more applications or processes(i.e., jobs or workloads), such as in virtual machines or containers, onbehalf of a user of the client device 110.

The client device 110, the orchestrator server 104, and the sleds of thesystem 100 (e.g., the accelerator sleds 102 and the compute sled 106)are illustratively in communication via the network 108, which may beembodied as any type of wired or wireless communication network,including global networks (e.g., the Internet), local area networks(LANs) or wide area networks (WANs), cellular networks (e.g., GlobalSystem for Mobile Communications (GSM), 3G, Long Term Evolution (LTE),Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX), etc.), digitalsubscriber line (DSL) networks, cable networks (e.g., coaxial networks,fiber networks, etc.), or any combination thereof.

In the illustrative embodiment, each accelerator sled 102 includes oneor more processors 120, a memory 122, an input/output (“I/O”) subsystem124, communication circuitry 126, one or more data storage devices 128,accelerator devices 130, and a management logic unit 132. It should beappreciated that the accelerator sled 102 may include other oradditional components, such as those commonly found in a typicalcomputing device (e.g., various input/output devices and/or othercomponents), in other embodiments. Additionally, in some embodiments,one or more of the illustrative components may be incorporated in, orotherwise form a portion of, another component.

The processor 120 may be embodied as any type of processor capable ofperforming the functions described herein. For example, the processor120 may be embodied as a single or multi-core processor(s), digitalsignal processor, microcontroller, or other processor orprocessing/controlling circuit.

The memory 122 may be embodied as any type of volatile (e.g., dynamicrandom access memory (DRAM), etc.) or non-volatile memory or datastorage capable of performing the functions described herein. Volatilememory may be a storage medium that requires power to maintain the stateof data stored by the medium. Non-limiting examples of volatile memorymay include various types of random access memory (RAM), such as dynamicrandom access memory (DRAM) or static random access memory (SRAM). Oneparticular type of DRAM that may be used in a memory module issynchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM). In particularembodiments, DRAM of a memory component may comply with a standardpromulgated by JEDEC, such as JESD79F for DDR SDRAM, JESD79-2F for DDR2SDRAM, JESD79-3F for DDR3 SDRAM, JESD79-4A for DDR4 SDRAM, JESD209 forLow Power DDR (LPDDR), JESD209-2 for LPDDR2, JESD209-3 for LPDDR3, andJESD209-4 for LPDDR4 (these standards are available at www.jedec.org).Such standards (and similar standards) may be referred to as DDR-basedstandards and communication interfaces of the storage devices thatimplement such standards may be referred to as DDR-based interfaces.

In one embodiment, the memory device is a block addressable memorydevice, such as those based on NAND or NOR technologies. A memory devicemay also include future generation nonvolatile devices, such as a threedimensional crosspoint memory device (e.g., Intel 3D XPoint™ memory), orother byte addressable write-in-place nonvolatile memory devices. In oneembodiment, the memory device may be or may include memory devices thatuse chalcogenide glass, multi-threshold level NAND flash memory, NORflash memory, single or multi-level Phase Change Memory (PCM), aresistive memory, nanowire memory, ferroelectric transistor randomaccess memory (FeTRAM), anti-ferroelectric memory, magnetoresistiverandom access memory (MRAM) memory that incorporates memristortechnology, resistive memory including the metal oxide base, the oxygenvacancy base and the conductive bridge Random Access Memory (CB-RAM), orspin transfer torque (STT)-MRAM, a spintronic magnetic junction memorybased device, a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) based device, a DW(Domain Wall) and SOT (Spin Orbit Transfer) based device, a thiristorbased memory device, or a combination of any of the above, or othermemory. The memory device may refer to the die itself and/or to apackaged memory product.

In some embodiments, 3D crosspoint memory (e.g., Intel 3D XPoint™memory) may comprise a transistor-less stackable cross pointarchitecture in which memory cells sit at the intersection of word linesand bit lines and are individually addressable and in which bit storageis based on a change in bulk resistance. In some embodiments, all or aportion of the memory 122 may be integrated into the processor 120. Inoperation, the memory 122 may store various data and software usedduring operation of the accelerator sled 102 such as operating systems,applications, programs, libraries, and drivers.

The memory 122 is communicatively coupled to the processor 120 via theI/O subsystem 124, which may be embodied as circuitry and/or componentsto facilitate input/output operations with the processor 120, the memory122, and other components of the accelerator sled 102. For example, theI/O subsystem 124 may be embodied as, or otherwise include, memorycontroller hubs, input/output control hubs, integrated sensor hubs,firmware devices, communication links (e.g., point-to-point links, buslinks, wires, cables, light guides, printed circuit board traces, etc.),and/or other components and subsystems to facilitate the input/outputoperations. In some embodiments, the I/O subsystem 124 may form aportion of a system-on-a-chip (SoC) and be incorporated, along with oneor more of the processor 120, the memory 122, and other components ofthe accelerator sled 102, on a single integrated circuit chip.

The communication circuitry 126 may be embodied as any communicationcircuit, device, or collection thereof, capable of enablingcommunications between the accelerator sled 102 and another computedevice (e.g., the orchestrator server 104, a compute sled 106, and/orthe client device 110 over the network 108). The communication circuitry126 may be configured to use any one or more communication technology(e.g., wired or wireless communications) and associated protocols (e.g.,Ethernet, Bluetooth®, Wi-Fi®, WiMAX, etc.) to effect such communication.

The data storage 128 may be embodied as any type of device or devicesconfigured for short-term or long-term storage of data such as, forexample, memory devices and circuits, memory cards, hard disk drives,solid-state drives, or other data storage devices. In the illustrativeembodiment, the accelerator sled 102 may be configured to storeregistered kernel data, requested job data, and/or prediction data inthe data storage 128 as discussed in more detail below.

An accelerator device 130 may be embodied as any type of deviceconfigured for executing requested jobs to be accelerated. As such, eachaccelerator device 130 may be embodied as a single device such as anintegrated circuit, an embedded system, a FPGA, a SOC, an ASIC,reconfigurable hardware or hardware circuitry, or other specializedhardware to facilitate performance of the functions described herein. Asdiscussed in detail below, as a job requested to be accelerated isallocated to an accelerator device 130, a corresponding kernel (e.g., aconfiguration of a set of circuitry and/or executable code usable toimplement a set of functions) is registered on the allocated acceleratordevice 130 to execute the requested job. It should be appreciated thateach accelerator sled 102 may include a different number of acceleratordevices 130, and each accelerator device 130 may include a differentnumber of kernels registered on the accelerator device 130.

The management logic unit 132 may be embodied as any type of deviceconfigured for overprovisioning the accelerator devices 130 toaccelerate jobs on behalf of multiple compute sleds 106 to reducewastage of resources. The management logic unit 132 may determine whichaccelerator device 130 to execute each requested job based onperformance data of each accelerator device 130. For example, themanagement logic unit 132 may consider an amount of payloads in a queueof each accelerator device 130 to determine which accelerator device 130has the capability to execute a requested job. In some embodiments, themanagement logic unit 132 may directly receive the performance datadirectly from each accelerator device 130 of the accelerator sled 102.It should be appreciated that, in other embodiments, each acceleratordevice 130 may transmit its performance data (e.g., a queue status) tothe orchestrator server 104, and the management logic unit 132 mayreceive the performance data of one or more accelerator devices 130 fromthe orchestrator server 104. In some embodiments, the management logicunit 132 may consider hints in a job execution request provided by acompute sled 106. For example, the hints may include an acceleration usepattern (e.g., how much time is required on an accelerator device toexecute the requested job).

The management logic unit 132 may further identify a kernel associatedwith each requested job based on the corresponding job execution requestand register the kernel, if not already registered, on a correspondingaccelerator device 130 that is to execute the corresponding requestedjob. The management logic unit 132 may further determine one or morekernel parameters of the kernel based on the corresponding job executionrequest. For example, the kernel parameters may include a kernelidentification (ID) of the kernel required to execute the requested job,an application identification (ID) of an application that is requestingthe job to be accelerated, a bit-stream of the requested job, anestimated runtime of the kernel based on previous execution of thekernel, and/or previous timestamps of the kernel. The management logicunit 132 may further determine job parameters of each requested job. Thejob parameters may include a kernel ID of a kernel associated with therequested job, a payload of the requested job, and/or an estimatedruntime of the requested job. The management logic unit 132 maydetermine the estimated runtime of the requested job as a function of apayload size, previous runs, and/or other information (e.g., hints)received from the job execution request.

Moreover, the management logic unit 132 may further predict one or morenext probable kernels to be needed for a job from available applicationsexecuting on the compute sled 106. The next probable kernel is selectedfrom all the kernels registered on the accelerator devices 130 of theaccelerator sled 102. For example, in some embodiments, the managementlogic unit 132 may use a prediction of the next probable kernel whendetermining an accelerator device 130 to execute the requested jobsand/or scheduling and prioritizing the kernels on the correspondingaccelerator device 130. Additionally or alternatively, the managementlogic unit 132 may register the predicted next probable kernel on anavailable accelerator device 130 prior to receiving a job request, inorder to reduce an execution time of the requested job. In someembodiments, the management logic unit 132 may be included in theprocessor 120.

The client device 110, the orchestrator server 104, and the computesleds 106 may have components similar to those described with referenceto the accelerator sled 102, with the exception that, in theillustrative embodiment, the management logic unit 132 is unique to theaccelerator sled 102 and is not included in the client device 110, theorchestrator server 104, or the compute sleds 106. The description ofthe components of the accelerator sled 102 is equally applicable to thedescription of components of those devices and is not repeated hereinfor clarity of the description. Further, it should be appreciated thatany of the client device 110, the orchestrator server 104, and the sleds102, 106 may include other components, sub-components, and devicescommonly found in a computing device, which are not discussed above inreference to the accelerator sled 102 and not discussed herein forclarity of the description.

Referring now to FIG. 2, in the illustrative embodiment, eachaccelerator sled 102 may establish an environment 200 during operation.The illustrative environment 200 includes a network communicator 202 andan accelerator manager 204, which further includes a job analyzer 240, akernel parameter determiner 242, a kernel registerer 244, a kernelscheduler 246, and a kernel predictor 248. Each of the components of theenvironment 200 may be embodied as hardware, firmware, software, or acombination thereof. As such, in some embodiments, one or more of thecomponents of the environment 200 may be embodied as circuitry or acollection of electrical devices (e.g., network communicator circuitry202, accelerator manager circuitry 204, job analyzer circuitry 240,kernel parameter determiner circuitry 242, kernel registerer circuitry244, kernel scheduler circuitry 246, kernel predictor circuitry 248,etc.). It should be appreciated that, in such embodiments, one or moreof the network communicator circuitry 202, the accelerator managercircuitry 204, the job analyzer circuitry 240, the kernel parameterdeterminer circuitry 242, the kernel registerer circuitry 244, thekernel scheduler circuitry 246, and/or the kernel predictor circuitry248 may form a portion of one or more of the processor(s) 120, thememory 122, the I/O subsystem 124, the management logic unit 132, and/orother components of the accelerator sled 102.

In the illustrative environment 200, the network communicator 202, whichmay be embodied as hardware, firmware, software, virtualized hardware,emulated architecture, and/or a combination thereof as discussed above,is configured to facilitate inbound and outbound network communications(e.g., network traffic, network packets, network flows, etc.) to andfrom the accelerator sled 102, respectively. To do so, the networkcommunicator 202 is configured to receive and process data from onesystem or computing device (e.g., the orchestrator server 104, a computesled 106, etc.) and to prepare and send data to a system or computingdevice (e.g., the orchestrator server 104, a compute sled 106, etc.).Accordingly, in some embodiments, at least a portion of thefunctionality of the network communicator 202 may be performed by thecommunication circuitry 126.

The accelerator manager 204, which may be embodied as hardware,firmware, software, virtualized hardware, emulated architecture, and/ora combination thereof as discussed above, is configured to overprovisionthe accelerator devices 130 to allocate multiple requested jobs acrossmultiple kernels on one or more accelerator devices 130 to reducewastage of resources. To do so, the accelerator manager 204 includes thejob analyzer 240, the kernel parameter determiner 242, the kernelscheduler 246, the kernel registerer 244, and the kernel predictor 248.

The job analyzer 240, which may be embodied as hardware, firmware,software, virtualized hardware, emulated architecture, and/or acombination thereof as discussed above, is configured to determine jobparameters of each job requested to be accelerated. The job analyzer 240may store the requested job in a request database 208. Additionally, thejob parameters of the job may be used to determine which acceleratordevice 130 is to be allocated to execute the requested job. The jobparameters may include a kernel ID of a kernel associated with therequested job, a payload of the requested job, and/or an estimatedruntime of the requested job. The job analyzer 240 may determine theestimated runtime of the requested job as a function of a payload size,previous runs, or other information received from the job executionrequest.

The kernel parameter determiner 242, which may be embodied as hardware,firmware, software, virtualized hardware, emulated architecture, and/ora combination thereof as discussed above, is configured to determine oneor more kernel parameters of a kernel associated with each requested jobbased on the corresponding job execution request. For example, asdiscussed above, the kernel parameters may include a kernelidentification (ID) of the kernel required to execute the requested job,an application identification (ID) of an application that is requestingthe job to be accelerated, a bit-stream, an estimated runtime of thekernel based on previous execution of the kernel, and/or previoustimestamps of the kernel. It should be appreciated that the kernelparameters of the kernel associated with a requested job are used todetermine whether to register the kernel on a corresponding acceleratordevice 130 that is configured to execute the corresponding requestedjob.

The kernel registerer 244, which may be embodied as hardware, firmware,software, virtualized hardware, emulated architecture, and/or acombination thereof as discussed above, is configured to determine akernel associated with each requested job based on the corresponding jobexecution request and register the kernel, if not already registered, ona corresponding accelerator device 130 to execute the correspondingrequested job. To register the kernel, the kernel registerer 244 maystore the kernel parameters of the corresponding kernel in a registeredkernel database 206. As discussed above, the kernel parameters includean application identification (ID) of an application, a kernelidentification (ID) of the kernel, a bit-stream, an estimated runtime ofthe kernel based on previous execution of the kernel, and/or previoustimestamps of the kernel.

In some embodiments, the kernel may be new to the accelerator device 130that is to execute the requested job and has not been registered to anyaccelerator devices 130 of the accelerator sled 102, the kernelregisterer 244 may assign a default number or zero as the estimatedruntime and/or the previous timestamps of the kernel and store in theregistered kernel database 206. In other embodiments, the kernel may benew to the accelerator device 130 that is to execute the requested jobbut has been previously registered on other accelerator devices 130. Ifso, the kernel registerer 244 may acquire the previous executions and/orthe previous timestamps of the kernel from other accelerator devices 130stored in the registered kernel database 206. In yet other embodiments,the kernel may be previously registered on the accelerator device 130,and the kernel registerer 244 may update the existing kernel parametersin the registered kernel database 206.

The kernel scheduler 246, which may be embodied as hardware, firmware,software, virtualized hardware, emulated architecture, and/or acombination thereof as discussed above, is configured to schedule one ormore kernels associated with the requested jobs registered on acorresponding accelerator device 130. To do so, the kernel scheduler 246may consider the performance data of each accelerator device 130 todetermine one or more accelerator devices 130 that are available toexecute the requested job and are not likely to be congested whenassigned to a requested job. For example, the kernel scheduler 246 maydetermine an amount of payloads in a queue of each accelerator device130 to determine which accelerator device 130 has capability to executea requested job. In some embodiments, the kernel scheduler 246 mayconsider information, such as an acceleration use pattern, included inthe job execution request from the compute sled 106 executing thecorresponding application.

Additionally, as discussed above, each accelerator device 130 mayinclude multiple registered kernels to execute multiple jobs. For eachaccelerator device 130, the kernel scheduler 246 may determine all thekernels registered on each accelerator device 130 and schedule theregistered kernels on the corresponding accelerator device 130. To doso, the kernel scheduler 246 may prioritize the kernels based on anestimated runtime of each kernel and/or past execution history of eachkernel. For example, the kernel scheduler 246 may prioritize andschedule the kernels with a shorter estimated execution time before thekernels with a longer estimated execution time. In some embodiments, thekernel scheduler 246 may prioritize one or more next most probablekernels to receive a job to be accelerated, which is determined by thekernel predictor 248 as discussed below.

The kernel predictor 248, which may be embodied as hardware, firmware,software, virtualized hardware, emulated architecture, and/or acombination thereof as discussed above, is configured to predict a nextprobable kernel to receive a job to be accelerated from an availableapplication. The next probable kernel is selected from all the kernelsregistered on the accelerator devices 130 of the accelerator sled 102.In some embodiments, the kernel predictor 248 may predict a list of nextprobable kernels that are likely to receive a job to be accelerated. Thekernel predictor 248 may store the prediction data in a predictiondatabase 210 for other components of the accelerator sled 102 to accessthe prediction data. For example, in some embodiments, the kernelscheduler 246 may use the predicted list of next probable kernels whendetermining an accelerator device 130 to execute the requested jobsand/or scheduling and prioritizing the kernels on the correspondingaccelerator device 130. Additionally or alternatively, the kernelregisterer 244 may also access the prediction database 210 to registerthe predicted next probable kernel on an available accelerator device130 prior to receiving a requested job, to reduce the total amount oftime needed to execute a requested job.

Referring now to FIGS. 3-5, in use, the accelerator sled 102 may executea method 300 for overprovisioning the accelerator devices 130 to executemultiple jobs with multiple kernels on the accelerator devices 130, toreduce wastage of resources. The method 300 begins with block 302 inwhich the accelerator sled 102 determines whether one or more jobexecution requests have been received (e.g., from the orchestratorserver 104). Each job execution request includes a job requested to beaccelerated from a compute sled 106 executing one or more applications.In the illustrative embodiment, the accelerator sled 102 receives a jobexecution request indirectly from the compute sled 106 via theorchestrator server 104. It should be appreciated that, in someembodiments, the accelerator sled 102 may receive a job executionrequest directly from a compute sled 106. In other embodiments, theprocessor 120 of the accelerator sled 102 may internally generate a jobexecution request with a job to be accelerated. If the accelerator sled102 determines that a job execution request has not been received, themethod 300 loops back to block 302 to continue monitoring for a jobexecution request. If, however, the accelerator sled 102 determines thata job execution request has been received, the method 300 advances toblock 304.

In block 304, the accelerator sled 102 determines a kernel associatedwith each requested job based on the corresponding job executionrequest. As discussed above, a kernel is a set of circuitry and/orexecutable code usable to implement a set of functions required forexecuting the requested job.

In block 306, the accelerator sled 102 determines kernel parameters ofeach kernel associated with the corresponding requested job. To do so,the accelerator sled 102 determines a kernel identification (ID) of eachkernel in block 308. It should be appreciated that the kernel ID may beused to determine whether the kernel has been registered to anaccelerator device 130 as discussed below. In block 310, the acceleratorsled 102 may determine an application identification (ID) of anapplication that is requesting the job to be accelerated. It should beappreciated that the application ID may be used to predict which kernelis likely to receive (e.g., likely to be needed for) an upcoming job asdiscussed below. In block 312, the accelerator sled 102 may determine abit-stream of the requested job. In block 314, the accelerator sled 102may determine an estimated runtime of the kernel based on previousexecutions of the kernel. If the kernel has not previously executed ajob, the accelerator sled 102 may assign zero as the estimated runtime.In block 316, the accelerator sled 102 may determine previous timestampsof the kernel. If the kernel has not previously executed a job, theaccelerator sled 102 may assign zero as the previous time stamp. Itshould be appreciated that, in some embodiments, if the accelerator sled102 determines that the kernel has not been previously registered to theaccelerator device 130 but has been previously registered on otheraccelerator device 130, the accelerator sled 102 may acquire theprevious executions and/or the previous timestamps of the kernel fromthe other accelerator devices 130.

In block 318, the accelerator sled 102 determines one or more jobparameters of the requested job from the job execution request. Forexample, the accelerator sled 102 determines a kernel ID of the kernelassociated with the requested job in block 320 and determines a payloadof the requested job in block 322. It should be appreciated that thesize of the payload may be used to determine which accelerator device130 to allocate to the requested job.

In block 324, the accelerator sled 102 may determine an estimatedruntime of the requested job. To do so, the accelerator sled 102 maydetermine an estimated runtime of the requested job as a function of apayload size in block 326. Alternatively, the accelerator sled 102 maydetermine an estimated runtime of the requested job as a function ofprevious runs in block 328. As discussed above, in some embodiments, ifthe accelerator sled 102 determines that the kernel has not beenpreviously registered to the accelerator device 130 but has beenpreviously registered on another accelerator device 130, the acceleratorsled 102 may acquire the previous runs of the kernel from otheraccelerator devices 130 to determine an estimated runtime of therequested job (e.g., as a function of the previous runs).

Additionally or alternatively, in block 330, the accelerator sled 102may determine an estimated runtime of the requested job as a function ofother information or hints embedded in the job execution request (e.g.,provided in the job execution request by the compute sled 106). Forexample, the job execution request may include an accelerator usepattern for the requested job that may indicate the time required to bereserved on an accelerator device 130 to execute the requested job.

Subsequently, in block 332 shown in FIG. 4, the accelerator sled 102determines an accelerator device to execute each requested job. To doso, for each requested job, the accelerator sled 102 may consider thejob parameters of the requested job and/or the kernel parameters of thekernel associated with the requested job to determine an acceleratordevice that is not likely to be congested when assigned to the requestedjob.

In block 334, the accelerator sled 102 determines whether a registrationof the kernel associated with the requested job is required on thecorresponding accelerator device 130. To do so, the accelerator sled 102determines whether the kernel has been previously registered on theaccelerator device 130, based on the kernel ID of the kernel. If theaccelerator sled 102 determines that the kernel registration is requiredin block 336, the method 300 advances to block 338 in which theaccelerator sled 102 registers the kernel on the accelerator device 130and stores the kernel parameters of the kernel in the registered kerneldatabase 206 and proceeds to block 342. If, however, the acceleratorsled 102 determines that the kernel has been previously registered onthe accelerator device 130, the method 300 advances to block 340 inwhich the accelerator sled 102 updates the kernel parameters of thekernel in the registered kernel database 206 and proceeds to block 342.

In block 342, for each accelerator device 130, the accelerator sled 102prioritizes and schedules the kernels that are associated with therequested jobs and that are registered on the accelerator device 130,based on a kernel prediction, to efficiently execute the requested jobs.For example, in block 344, the accelerator sled 102 may prioritize thekernels registered on the accelerator device 130 based on the estimatedruntime of each kernel. To do so, in block 346, the accelerator sled 102may prioritize kernels with shorter execution time before kernels withlonger execution time. Additionally or alternatively, in block 348, theaccelerator sled 102 may prioritize the kernels on each acceleratordevice 130 based on the past execution history of each kernel.Additionally or alternatively, in block 350, the accelerator sled 102may prioritize the kernels on each accelerator device 130 that havehigher probability of being the next kernel to receive (e.g., be neededfor) a job to be accelerated.

Subsequently, in block 352 in FIG. 5, the accelerator sled 102 monitorskernel submissions and executions on each accelerator device 130. To doso, in block 352, the accelerator sled 102 may update the timestamp ofthe kernel execution after the execution of the requested job. Asdiscussed above, the timestamps of previous kernel executions of eachkernel may be used to determine an execution pattern of thecorresponding kernel. Additionally, in block 356, the accelerator sled102 may transmit the status (e.g., performance data) of each kernel tothe orchestrator server 104. To do so, the accelerator sled 102 maytransmit a notification if a queue of at least one accelerator device130 has satisfied a predefined threshold (e.g., the queue is 100% full)in block 358. It should be appreciated that, in some embodiments, theorchestrator server 104 may indicate not to allocate, in response to areceipt of the notification, a subsequent job to that accelerator device130 until the queue of the accelerator device 130 has a predefinedamount of capacity to receive more jobs in the queue.

In block 360, the accelerator sled 102 predicts one or more nextprobable kernels to be needed based on the execution patterns of theregistered kernels. To do so, in block 362, the accelerator sled 102 maypredict the execution pattern of the kernels for each application basedon the application ID. For example, the accelerator sled 102 maydetermine past execution history of each kernel for each application inblock 364. In some embodiments, the accelerator sled 102 may predict theexecution pattern for each kernel with machine learning in block 366.Additionally or alternatively, in block 368, the accelerator sled 102may determine a probability of each kernel being the next kernel toreceive a job to be accelerated from one or more available applications(e.g., the applications that are presently being executed on the computesled(s) 106). Subsequently, the method 300 loops back to block 302 tocontinue monitoring for job execution requests.

It should be appreciated that the accelerator sled 102 may use thepredicted list of next probable kernels when determining an acceleratordevice 130 to execute the requested jobs in block 332 and/or schedulingand prioritizing the kernels on the corresponding accelerator device 130in block 350. Additionally or alternatively, accelerator sled 102 mayregister the predicted next probable kernel on an available acceleratordevice 130 prior to receiving a requested job to reduce time to executea requested job.

Referring now to FIGS. 6 and 7, illustrative diagrams 600, 700illustrate an exemplary process of overprovisioning of the acceleratordevices 130 (illustrated as FPGAs) to allocate a new job requested to beaccelerated. The illustrative diagram 600 includes the FPGAs (e.g., theaccelerator devices 130) and a POD manager (e.g., the management logicunit 132 of the accelerator sled 102). In some embodiments, the PODmanager may be the orchestrator server 104. As illustrated in FIG. 6,the compute sled 106 submits a new job execution request that includesJob 3 requested to be accelerated. When a requested Job 3 is submittedto the POD manager, the job execution request also provides hints suchas FPGA usage patterns of Job 3. The POD manager uses the hints andinputs (e.g., the performance data) from the FPGAs to determine an FPGAto execute Job 3. In the illustrative diagram 700, shown in FIG. 7, eachFPGA includes a scheduling logic (e.g., the kernel scheduler 246) and amonitoring and prediction logic (e.g., the kernel predictor 248). Inthis example, the POD manager determines that FPGA 0 and FPGA 1 arealready allocated to Job 1 and FPGA 2 is already allocated to Job 2.Based on the inputs from the FPGAs and the new job execution request,the POD manager may determine to overprovision FPGA 0 and FPGA 1 to Job3. It should be appreciated that more than one kernel may be associatedwith a requested job, each of which can be registered on a differentFPGA. For example, as shown in FIG. 6, both FPGA 0 and FPGA 1 areallocated to Job 1.

As the jobs begin, the kernels associated with the jobs are registeredon the allocated FPGA(s). For example, as illustrated in FIG. 7, eachkernel associated with Job 1 and Job 3, each of which is allocated toFPGA 0, is registered on FPGA 0. The illustrated FPGA 0 includes abit-stream management logic (e.g., the job analyzer 240 and/or thekernel parameter determiner 242), a scheduling unit (e.g., the kernelscheduler 246), and a monitoring and prediction logic (e.g., the kernelpredictor 248). The bit-stream management logic of FPGA 0 is configuredto accept the kernel registration and execution requests from theapplications. To do so, the bit-stream management logic may determineone or more job parameters of each job and one or more kernel parametersof the corresponding kernel. Subsequently, the bit-stream managementlogic enqueues the requested job (Job 1 and Job 3) on each queue of thecorresponding kernel.

The scheduling unit of FPGA 0 is configured to schedule the kernelsassociated with Job 1 and Job 3 on FPGA 0 by determining all the kernelsregistered on FPGA 0 and scheduling the registered kernels on FPGA 0. Todo so, the scheduling unit may prioritize the kernels based on anestimated runtime of each kernel and/or past execution history of eachkernel. For example, the scheduling unit may prioritize and schedule thekernels with a shorter estimated execution time before the kernels witha longer estimated execution time. In some embodiments, the schedulingunit may prioritize one or more next most probable kernels to receive ajob to be accelerated, which is determined by the monitoring andprediction logic as discussed below.

The monitoring and prediction logic of FPGA 0 receives feedback from thebit-stream management logic and the scheduling unit. The monitoring andprediction logic is configured to predict a next probable kernel toreceive a job to be accelerated from an available application. The nextprobable kernel is selected from all kernels registered on all FPGAs ofthe accelerator sled 102. In some embodiments, the monitoring andprediction logic may predict a list of next probable kernels that arelikely to receive a job to be accelerated. In other embodiments, thenext probable kernel may be selected from all kernels registered on FPGA0 of the accelerator sled 102. The monitoring and prediction logic maystore the prediction data in a prediction database 210 for othercomponents of the accelerator sled 102 to access the prediction data.For example, in some embodiments, the scheduling unit may use thepredicted list of next probable kernels when determining which FPGA toexecute the requested jobs and/or scheduling and prioritizing thekernels on the corresponding FPGA. Additionally or alternatively, thebit-stream management logic may also access the prediction database 210to register the predicted next probable kernel on an available FPGAprior to receiving a requested job, to reduce the amount of time neededto execute a requested job. Subsequently, the monitoring and predictionlogic sends feedback to the POD manager. For example, the feedback mayinclude a notification that a queue of the corresponding kernel hassatisfied a predefined threshold.

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Illustrative examples of the technologies disclosed herein are providedbelow. An embodiment of the technologies may include any one or more,and any combination of, the examples described below.

Example 1 includes a compute device comprising a plurality ofaccelerator devices; and a management logic unit to receive a pluralityof job execution requests, each job execution request including a jobrequested to be accelerated received from an orchestrator server;determine one or more job parameters of each requested job based on thecorresponding job execution request; select an accelerator device of thecompute device to execute each job based at least in part on the jobparameters of the corresponding job; determine, for each job, whetherone or more kernels are to be registered on the correspondingaccelerator device selected for the corresponding job to enable thecorresponding accelerator device to execute the job; register, inresponse to a determination that the one or more kernels are to beregistered, the one or more kernels on the corresponding acceleratordevice; and schedule, for each accelerator device of the compute device,the kernels of the corresponding accelerator device based on a kernelprediction.

Example 2 includes the subject matter of Example 1, and wherein todetermine whether one or more kernels are to be registered on thecorresponding accelerator device comprises to determine whether eachkernel associated with a corresponding requested job has been previouslyregistered on the compute device.

Example 3 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 1 and 2, andwherein each of the plurality of the accelerator devices is a fieldprogrammable gate array (FPGA) and wherein to register the one or morekernels on the corresponding accelerator device comprises to registerthe one or more kernels on the corresponding FPGA and determine one ormore kernel parameters of each kernel.

Example 4 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 1-3, andwherein to determine the one or more kernel parameters of each kernelcomprises to determine an application identification (ID) of anapplication requesting the requested job to be accelerated.

Example 5 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 1-4, andwherein to determine the one or more kernel parameters of each kernelcomprises to determine a kernel identification (ID) of each kernel.

Example 6 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 1-5, andwherein to determine the one or more kernel parameters of each kernelcomprises to determine a bit-stream.

Example 7 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 1-6, andwherein to determine the one or more kernel parameters of each kernelcomprises to determine an estimated runtime of each kernel based on oneor more previous executions of each kernel.

Example 8 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 1-7, andwherein to determine the one or more kernel parameters of each kernelcomprises to determine one or more previous timestamps of each kernel.

Example 9 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 1-8, andwherein to determine the one or more job parameters of each requestedjob based on the corresponding job execution request comprises todetermine a kernel identification (ID) of the kernel associated witheach requested job.

Example 10 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 1-9, andwherein to determine the one or more job parameters of each requestedjob based on the corresponding job execution request comprises todetermine a payload of each requested job.

Example 11 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 1-10, andwherein to determine the one or more job parameters of each requestedjob based on the corresponding job execution request comprises todetermine an estimated runtime of each requested job.

Example 12 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 1-11, andwherein to determine the estimated runtime of each requested jobcomprises to determine an estimated runtime of each requested job as afunction of a payload size of the corresponding requested job.

Example 13 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 1-12, andwherein to determine the estimated runtime of the requested jobcomprises to determine an estimated runtime of each requested job as afunction of previous runs of the corresponding requested job.

Example 14 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 1-13, andwherein to determine the estimated runtime of the requested jobcomprises to determine an estimated runtime of each requested job as afunction of hints received from the job execution request.

Example 15 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 1-14, andwherein the hints comprise a usage pattern of one or more acceleratordevices.

Example 16 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 1-15, andwherein to schedule the kernels registered on the accelerator device ofthe compute device comprises to prioritize the kernels registered on thecompute device based on the kernel prediction.

Example 17 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 1-16, andwherein to prioritize the kernels registered on the compute device basedon the kernel prediction comprises to prioritize the kernels based on anestimated runtime of each kernel.

Example 18 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 1-17, andwherein to prioritize the kernels based on the estimated runtime of eachkernel comprises to prioritize a kernel with a shorter execution timebefore a kernel with a longer execution time.

Example 19 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 1-18, andwherein to prioritize the kernels registered on the compute device basedon the kernel prediction comprises to prioritize the kernels based on apast execution history of each kernel.

Example 20 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 1-19, andwherein to prioritize the kernels registered on the compute device basedon the kernel prediction comprises to prioritize a next most probablekernel to receive a job to be accelerated.

Example 21 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 1-20, andwherein the management logic unit is further to monitor kernelsubmission and execution of each job execution request on acorresponding kernel.

Example 22 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 1-21, andwherein to monitor kernel submission and execution of each job executionrequest on the corresponding kernel comprises to update a timestamp ofthe kernel execution for the corresponding kernel.

Example 23 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 1-22, andwherein to monitor kernel submission and execution of each job executionrequest on the corresponding kernel comprises to transmit a status ofthe corresponding kernel to the orchestrator server.

Example 24 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 1-23, andwherein to transmit the status of the corresponding kernel to theorchestrator server comprises to transmit a notification that a queue ofthe corresponding kernel has satisfied a predefined threshold.

Example 25 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 1-24, andwherein the management logic unit is further to predict a next probablekernel from the kernels registered on the accelerator devices of thecompute device to receive a job to be accelerated based on an executionpattern of each kernel.

Example 26 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 1-25, andwherein to predict a next probable kernel from the kernels registered onthe accelerator devices of the compute device comprises to predict anexecution pattern of each kernel registered on the accelerator devicesof the compute device for each application.

Example 27 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 1-26, andwherein to predict an execution pattern comprises to determine a pastexecution history of each kernel for each application.

Example 28 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 1-27, andwherein to predict an execution pattern comprises to predict patterns ofthe kernels with machine learning.

Example 29 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 1-28, andwherein to predict a next probable kernel comprises to determine aprobability of each kernel being a next kernel to receive a job from oneor more available applications.

Example 30 includes a method for overprovisioning accelerator devices ofa compute device, the method comprising receiving, by the computedevice, a plurality of job execution requests, each job executionrequest including a job requested to be accelerated received from anorchestrator server; determining, by the compute device, one or more jobparameters of each requested job based on the corresponding jobexecution request; selecting, by the compute device, an acceleratordevice of the compute device to execute each job based at least in parton the job parameters of the corresponding job; determining, by thecompute device and for each job, whether one or more kernels are to beregistered on the corresponding accelerator device selected for thecorresponding job to enable the corresponding accelerator device toexecute the job; registering, by the compute device and in response to adetermination that the one or more kernels are to be registered, the oneor more kernels on the corresponding accelerator device; and scheduling,for each accelerator device of the compute device and by the computedevice, the kernels of the corresponding accelerator device based on akernel prediction.

Example 31 includes the subject matter of Example 30, and whereindetermining whether one or more kernels are to be registered on thecorresponding accelerator device comprises determining whether eachkernel associated with a corresponding requested job has been previouslyregistered on the compute device.

Example 32 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 30 and 31, andwherein each of the plurality of the accelerator devices is a fieldprogrammable gate array (FPGA) and wherein registering the one or morekernels on the corresponding accelerator device comprises registeringthe one or more kernels on the corresponding FPGA and determining one ormore kernel parameters of each kernel.

Example 33 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 30-32, andwherein determining the one or more kernel parameters of each kernelcomprises determining an application identification (ID) of anapplication requesting the requested job to be accelerated.

Example 34 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 30-33, andwherein determining the one or more kernel parameters of each kernelcomprises determining a kernel identification (ID) of each kernel.

Example 35 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 30-34, andwherein determining the one or more kernel parameters of each kernelcomprises determining a bit-stream.

Example 36 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 30-35, andwherein determining the one or more kernel parameters of each kernelcomprises determining an estimated runtime of each kernel based on oneor more previous executions of each kernel.

Example 37 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 30-36, andwherein determining the one or more kernel parameters of each kernelcomprises determining one or more previous timestamps of each kernel.

Example 38 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 30-37, andwherein determining the one or more job parameters of each requested jobbased on the corresponding job execution request comprises determining akernel identification (ID) of the kernel associated with each requestedjob.

Example 39 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 30-38, andwherein determining the one or more job parameters of each requested jobbased on the corresponding job execution request comprises determining apayload of each requested job.

Example 40 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 30-39, andwherein determining the one or more job parameters of each requested jobbased on the corresponding job execution request comprises determiningan estimated runtime of each requested job.

Example 41 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 30-40, andwherein determining the estimated runtime of each requested jobcomprises determining an estimated runtime of each requested job as afunction of a payload size of the corresponding requested job.

Example 42 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 30-41, andwherein determining the estimated runtime of the requested job comprisesdetermining an estimated runtime of each requested job as a function ofprevious runs of the corresponding requested job.

Example 43 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 30-42, andwherein determining the estimated runtime of the requested job comprisesdetermining an estimated runtime of each requested job as a function ofhints received from the job execution request.

Example 44 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 30-43, andwherein the hints comprises a usage pattern of one or more acceleratordevices.

Example 45 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 30-44, andwherein scheduling the kernels registered on the accelerator device ofthe compute device comprises prioritizing the kernels registered on thecompute device based on the kernel prediction.

Example 46 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 30-45, andwherein prioritizing the kernels registered on the compute device basedon the kernel prediction comprises prioritizing the kernels based on anestimated runtime of each kernel.

Example 47 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 30-46, andwherein prioritizing the kernels based on the estimated runtime of eachkernel comprises prioritizing a kernel with a shorter execution timebefore a kernel with a longer execution time.

Example 48 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 30-47, andwherein prioritizing the kernels registered on the compute device basedon the kernel prediction comprises prioritizing the kernels based on apast execution history of each kernel.

Example 49 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 30-48, andwherein prioritizing the kernels registered on the compute device basedon the kernel prediction comprises prioritizing a next most probablekernel to receive a job to be accelerated.

Example 50 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 30-49, andfurther including monitoring, by the compute device, kernel submissionand execution of each job execution request on a corresponding kernel.

Example 51 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 30-50, andwherein monitoring kernel submission and execution of each job executionrequest on the corresponding kernel comprises updating a timestamp ofthe kernel execution for the corresponding kernel.

Example 52 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 30-51, andwherein monitoring kernel submission and execution of each job executionrequest on the corresponding kernel comprises transmitting a status ofthe corresponding kernel to the orchestrator server.

Example 53 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 30-52, andwherein transmitting the status of the corresponding kernel to theorchestrator server comprises transmitting a notification that a queueof the corresponding kernel has satisfied a predefined threshold.

Example 54 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 30-53, andfurther including predicting, by the compute device, a next probablekernel from the kernels registered on the accelerator devices of thecompute device to receive a job to be accelerated based on an executionpattern of each kernel.

Example 55 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 30-54, andwherein predicting a next probable kernel from the kernels registered onthe accelerator devices of the compute device comprises predicting anexecution pattern of each kernel registered on the accelerator devicesof the compute device for each application.

Example 56 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 30-55, andwherein predicting an execution pattern comprises determining a pastexecution history of each kernel for each application.

Example 57 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 30-56, andwherein predicting an execution pattern comprises predicting patterns ofthe kernels with machine learning.

Example 58 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 30-57, andwherein predicting a next probable kernel comprises determining aprobability of each kernel being a next kernel to receive a job from oneor more available applications.

Example 59 includes one or more machine-readable storage mediacomprising a plurality of instructions stored thereon that, in responseto being executed, cause a compute device to perform the method of anyof Examples 30-58.

Example 60 includes a compute device comprising means for performing themethod of any of Examples 30-58.

Example 61 includes a compute device comprising a plurality ofaccelerator devices; a network communicator circuitry to receive aplurality of job execution requests, each job execution requestincluding a job requested to be accelerated received from anorchestrator server; job analyzer circuitry to determine one or more jobparameters of each requested job based on the corresponding jobexecution request accelerator manager circuitry to select an acceleratordevice of the compute device to execute each job based at least in parton the job parameters of the corresponding job; and kernel parameterdeterminer circuitry to determine, for each job, whether one or morekernels are to be registered on the corresponding accelerator deviceselected for the corresponding job to enable the correspondingaccelerator device to execute the job; kernel registerer circuitry toregister, in response to a determination that the one or more kernelsare to be registered, the one or more kernels on the correspondingaccelerator device; and kernel scheduler circuitry to schedule, for eachaccelerator device of the compute device, the kernels of thecorresponding accelerator device based on a kernel prediction.

Example 62 includes the subject matter of Example 61, and wherein todetermine whether one or more kernels are to be registered on thecorresponding accelerator device comprises to determine whether eachkernel associated with a corresponding requested job has been previouslyregistered on the compute device.

Example 63 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 61 and 62, andwherein each of the plurality of the accelerator devices is a fieldprogrammable gate array (FPGA) and wherein to register the one or morekernels on the corresponding accelerator device comprises to registerthe one or more kernels on the corresponding FPGA and determine one ormore kernel parameters of each kernel.

Example 64 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 61-63, andwherein to determine the one or more kernel parameters of each kernelcomprises to determine an application identification (ID) of anapplication requesting the requested job to be accelerated.

Example 65 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 61-64, andwherein to determine the one or more kernel parameters of each kernelcomprises to determine a kernel identification (ID) of each kernel.

Example 66 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 61-65, andwherein to determine the one or more kernel parameters of each kernelcomprises to determine a bit-stream.

Example 67 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 61-66, andwherein to determine the one or more kernel parameters of each kernelcomprises to determine an estimated runtime of each kernel based on oneor more previous executions of each kernel.

Example 68 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 61-67, andwherein to determine the one or more kernel parameters of each kernelcomprises to determine one or more previous timestamps of each kernel.

Example 69 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 61-68, andwherein to determine the one or more job parameters of each requestedjob based on the corresponding job execution request comprises todetermine a kernel identification (ID) of the kernel associated witheach requested job.

Example 70 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 61-69, andwherein to determine the one or more job parameters of each requestedjob based on the corresponding job execution request comprises todetermine a payload of each requested job.

Example 71 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 61-70, andwherein to determine the one or more job parameters of each requestedjob based on the corresponding job execution request comprises todetermine an estimated runtime of each requested job.

Example 72 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 61-71, andwherein to determine the estimated runtime of each requested jobcomprises to determine an estimated runtime of each requested job as afunction of a payload size of the corresponding requested job.

Example 73 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 61-72, andwherein to determine the estimated runtime of the requested jobcomprises to determine an estimated runtime of each requested job as afunction of previous runs of the corresponding requested job.

Example 74 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 61-73, andwherein to determine the estimated runtime of the requested jobcomprises to determine an estimated runtime of each requested job as afunction of hints received from the job execution request.

Example 75 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 61-74, andwherein the hints comprise a usage pattern of one or more acceleratordevices.

Example 76 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 61-75, andwherein to schedule the kernels registered on the accelerator devices ofthe compute device comprises to prioritize the kernels registered on thecompute device based on the kernel prediction.

Example 77 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 61-76, andwherein to prioritize the kernels registered on the compute device basedon the kernel prediction comprises to prioritize the kernels based on anestimated runtime of each kernel.

Example 78 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 61-77, andwherein to prioritize the kernels based on the estimated runtime of eachkernel comprises to prioritize a kernel with a shorter execution timebefore a kernel with a longer execution time.

Example 79 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 61-78, andwherein to prioritize the kernels registered on the compute device basedon the kernel prediction comprises to prioritize the kernels based on apast execution history of each kernel.

Example 80 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 61-79, andwherein to prioritize the kernels registered on the compute device basedon the kernel prediction comprises to prioritize a next most probablekernel to receive a job to be accelerated.

Example 81 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 61-80, andwherein the accelerator manager circuitry is further to monitor kernelsubmission and execution of each job execution request on acorresponding kernel.

Example 82 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 61-81, andwherein to monitor kernel submission and execution of each job executionrequest on the corresponding kernel comprises to update a timestamp ofthe kernel execution for the corresponding kernel.

Example 83 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 61-82, andwherein to monitor kernel submission and execution of each job executionrequest on the corresponding kernel comprises to transmit a status ofthe corresponding kernel to the orchestrator server.

Example 84 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 61-83, andwherein to transmit the status of the corresponding kernel to theorchestrator server comprises to transmit a notification that a queue ofthe corresponding kernel has satisfied a predefined threshold.

Example 85 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 61-84, andfurther including kernel predictor circuitry to predict a next probablekernel from the kernels registered on the accelerator devices of thecompute device to receive a job to be accelerated based on an executionpattern of each kernel.

Example 86 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 61-85, andwherein to predict a next probable kernel from the kernels registered onthe accelerator devices of the compute device comprises to predict anexecution pattern of each kernel registered on the accelerator devicesof the compute device for each application.

Example 87 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 61-86, andwherein to predict an execution pattern comprises to determine a pastexecution history of each kernel for each application.

Example 88 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 61-87, andwherein to predict an execution pattern comprises to predict patterns ofthe kernels with machine learning.

Example 89 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 61-88, andwherein to predict a next probable kernel comprises to determine aprobability of each kernel being a next kernel to receive a job from oneor more available applications.

Example 90 includes a compute device comprising circuitry for receivinga plurality of job execution requests, each job execution requestincluding a job requested to be accelerated received from anorchestrator server; circuitry for determining one or more jobparameters of each requested job based on the corresponding jobexecution request; means for selecting an accelerator device of thecompute device to execute each job based at least in part on the jobparameters of the corresponding job; means for determining, for eachjob, whether one or more kernels are to be registered on thecorresponding accelerator device selected for the corresponding job toenable the corresponding accelerator device to execute the job;circuitry for registering, in response to a determination that the oneor more kernels are to be registered, the one or more kernels on thecorresponding accelerator device; and means for scheduling, for eachaccelerator device of the compute device, the kernels of thecorresponding accelerator device based on a kernel prediction.

Example 91 includes the subject matter of Example 90, and wherein themeans for determining whether one or more kernels are to be registeredon the corresponding accelerator device comprises circuitry fordetermining whether each kernel associated with a correspondingrequested job has been previously registered on the compute device.

Example 92 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 90 and 91, andwherein each of the plurality of the accelerator devices is a fieldprogrammable gate array (FPGA) and wherein the circuitry for registeringthe one or more kernels on the corresponding accelerator devicecomprises circuitry for register the one or more kernels on thecorresponding FPGA and circuitry for determining one or more kernelparameters of each kernel.

Example 93 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 90-92, andwherein the means for determining the one or more kernel parameters ofeach kernel comprises circuitry for determining an applicationidentification (ID) of an application requesting the requested job to beaccelerated.

Example 94 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 90-93, andwherein the circuitry for determining the one or more kernel parametersof each kernel comprises circuitry for determining a kernelidentification (ID) of each kernel.

Example 95 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 90-94, andwherein the circuitry for determining the one or more kernel parametersof each kernel comprises circuitry for determining a bit-stream.

Example 96 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 90-95, andwherein the circuitry for determining the one or more kernel parametersof each kernel comprises circuitry for determining an estimated runtimeof each kernel based on one or more previous executions of each kernel.

Example 97 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 90-96, andwherein the circuitry for determining the one or more kernel parametersof each kernel comprises circuitry for determining one or more previoustimestamps of each kernel.

Example 98 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 90-97, andwherein the circuitry for determining the one or more job parameters ofeach requested job based on the corresponding job execution requestcomprises determining circuitry for a kernel identification (ID) of thekernel associated with each requested job.

Example 99 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 90-98, andwherein the circuitry for determining the one or more job parameters ofeach requested job based on the corresponding job execution requestcomprises circuitry for determining a payload of each requested job.

Example 100 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 90-99, andwherein the circuitry for determining the one or more job parameters ofeach requested job based on the corresponding job execution requestcomprises circuitry for determining an estimated runtime of eachrequested job.

Example 101 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 90-100, andwherein the circuitry for determining the estimated runtime of eachrequested job comprises circuitry for determining an estimated runtimeof each requested job as a function of a payload size of thecorresponding requested job.

Example 102 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 90-101, andwherein the circuitry for determining the estimated runtime of therequested job comprises circuitry for determining an estimated runtimeof each requested job as a function of previous runs of thecorresponding requested job.

Example 103 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 90-102, andwherein the circuitry for determining the estimated runtime of therequested job comprises circuitry for determining an estimated runtimeof each requested job as a function of hints received from the jobexecution request.

Example 104 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 90-103, andwherein the hints comprise a usage pattern of one or more acceleratordevices.

Example 105 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 90-104, andwherein the means for scheduling the kernels registered on theaccelerator device of the compute device comprises circuitry forprioritizing the kernels registered on the compute device based on thekernel prediction.

Example 106 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 90-105, andwherein the circuitry for prioritizing the kernels registered on thecompute device based on the kernel prediction comprises circuitry forprioritizing the kernels based on an estimated runtime of each kernel.

Example 107 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 90-106, andwherein the circuitry for prioritizing the kernels based on theestimated runtime of each kernel comprises circuitry for prioritizing akernel with a shorter execution time before a kernel with a longerexecution time.

Example 108 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 90-107, andwherein the circuitry for prioritizing the kernels registered on thecompute device based on the kernel prediction comprises circuitry forprioritizing the kernels based on a past execution history of eachkernel.

Example 109 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 90-108, andwherein the circuitry for prioritizing the kernels registered on thecompute device based on the kernel prediction comprises circuitry forprioritizing a next most probable kernel to receive a job to beaccelerated.

Example 110 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 90-109, andfurther including circuitry for monitoring, by the compute device,kernel submission and execution of each job execution request on acorresponding kernel.

Example 111 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 90-110, andwherein the circuitry for monitoring kernel submission and execution ofeach job execution request on the corresponding kernel comprisescircuitry for updating a timestamp of the kernel execution for thecorresponding kernel.

Example 112 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 90-111, andwherein the circuitry for monitoring kernel submission and execution ofeach job execution request on the corresponding kernel comprisescircuitry for transmitting a status of the corresponding kernel to theorchestrator server.

Example 113 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 90-112, andwherein the circuitry for transmitting the status of the correspondingkernel to the orchestrator server comprises circuitry for transmitting anotification that a queue of the corresponding kernel has satisfied apredefined threshold.

Example 114 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 90-113, andfurther including circuitry for predicting, by the compute device, anext probable kernel from the kernels registered on the acceleratordevices of the compute device to receive a job to be accelerated basedon an execution pattern of each kernel.

Example 115 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 90-114, andwherein the circuitry for predicting a next probable kernel from thekernels registered on the accelerator devices of the compute devicecomprises circuitry for predicting an execution pattern of each kernelregistered on the accelerator devices of the compute device for eachapplication.

Example 116 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 90-115, andwherein the circuitry for predicting an execution pattern comprisescircuitry for determining a past execution history of each kernel foreach application.

Example 117 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 90-116, andwherein the circuitry for predicting an execution pattern comprisescircuitry for predicting patterns of the kernels with machine learning.

Example 118 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 90-117, andwherein the circuitry for predicting a next probable kernel comprisescircuitry for determining a probability of each kernel being a nextkernel to receive a job from one or more available applications.

1. A compute device comprising: a plurality of accelerator devices; anda management logic unit to: receive a plurality of job executionrequests, each job execution request including a job requested to beaccelerated received from an orchestrator server; determine one or morejob parameters of each requested job based on the corresponding jobexecution request; select an accelerator device of the compute device toexecute each job based at least in part on the job parameters of thecorresponding job; determine, for each job, whether one or more kernelsare to be registered on the corresponding accelerator device selectedfor the corresponding job to enable the corresponding accelerator deviceto execute the job; register, in response to a determination that theone or more kernels are to be registered, the one or more kernels on thecorresponding accelerator device; and schedule, for each acceleratordevice of the compute device, the kernels of the correspondingaccelerator device based on a kernel prediction.
 2. The compute deviceof claim 1, wherein to determine whether one or more kernels are to beregistered on the corresponding accelerator device comprises todetermine whether each kernel associated with a corresponding requestedjob has been previously registered on the compute device.
 3. The computedevice of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of the acceleratordevices is a field programmable gate array (FPGA) and wherein toregister the one or more kernels on the corresponding accelerator devicecomprises to register the one or more kernels on the corresponding FPGAand determine one or more kernel parameters of each kernel.
 4. Thecompute device of claim 3, wherein to determine the one or more kernelparameters of each kernel comprises to determine an applicationidentification (ID) of an application requesting the requested job to beaccelerated, a kernel identification (ID) of each kernel, a bit-stream,an estimated runtime of each kernel based on one or more previousexecutions of each kernel, and/or one or more previous timestamps ofeach kernel.
 5. The compute device of claim 1, wherein to determine theone or more job parameters of each requested job based on thecorresponding job execution request comprises to determine a kernelidentification (ID) of the kernel associated with each requested job. 6.The compute device of claim 1, wherein to determine the one or more jobparameters of each requested job based on the corresponding jobexecution request comprises to determine a payload of each requestedjob.
 7. The compute device of claim 1, wherein to determine the one ormore job parameters of each requested job based on the corresponding jobexecution request comprises to determine an estimated runtime of eachrequested job.
 8. The compute device of claim 1, wherein to schedule thekernels registered on the accelerator device of the compute devicecomprises to prioritize the kernels registered on the compute devicebased on the kernel prediction.
 9. The compute device of claim 8,wherein to prioritize the kernels registered on the compute device basedon the kernel prediction comprises to prioritize the kernels based on anestimated runtime of each kernel or a past execution history of eachkernel.
 10. The compute device of claim 8, wherein to prioritize thekernels registered on the compute device based on the kernel predictioncomprises to prioritize a next most probable kernel to receive a job tobe accelerated.
 11. The compute device of claim 1, wherein themanagement logic unit is further to predict a next probable kernel fromthe kernels registered on the accelerator devices of the compute deviceto receive a job to be accelerated based on an execution pattern of eachkernel.
 12. The compute device of claim 11, wherein to predict a nextprobable kernel from the kernels registered on the accelerator devicesof the compute device comprises to predict an execution pattern of eachkernel registered on the accelerator devices of the compute device foreach application.
 13. One or more machine-readable storage mediacomprising a plurality of instructions stored thereon that, whenexecuted by a compute device cause the compute device to: receive aplurality of job execution requests, each job execution requestincluding a job requested to be accelerated received from anorchestrator server; determine one or more job parameters of eachrequested job based on the corresponding job execution request; selectan accelerator device of the compute device to execute each job based atleast in part on the job parameters of the corresponding job; determine,for each job, whether one or more kernels are to be registered on thecorresponding accelerator device selected for the corresponding job toenable the corresponding accelerator device to execute the job;register, in response to a determination that the one or more kernelsare to be registered, the one or more kernels on the correspondingaccelerator device; and schedule, for each accelerator device of thecompute device, the kernels of the corresponding accelerator devicebased on a kernel prediction.
 14. The one or more machine-readablestorage media of claim 13, wherein to determine whether one or morekernels are to be registered on the corresponding accelerator devicecomprises to determine whether each kernel associated with acorresponding requested job has been previously registered on thecompute device.
 15. The one or more machine-readable storage media ofclaim 13, wherein each of the plurality of the accelerator devices is afield programmable gate array (FPGA) and wherein to register the one ormore kernels on the corresponding accelerator device comprises toregister the one or more kernels on the corresponding FPGA and determineone or more kernel parameters of each kernel.
 16. The one or moremachine-readable storage media of claim 15, wherein to determine the oneor more kernel parameters of each kernel comprises to determine anapplication identification (ID) of an application requesting therequested job to be accelerated, a kernel identification (ID) of eachkernel, a bit-stream, an estimated runtime of each kernel based on oneor more previous executions of each kernel, and/or one or more previoustimestamps of each kernel.
 17. The one or more machine-readable storagemedia of claim 13, wherein to determine the one or more job parametersof each requested job based on the corresponding job execution requestcomprises to determine a kernel identification (ID) of the kernelassociated with each requested job.
 18. The one or more machine-readablestorage media of claim 13, wherein to determine the one or more jobparameters of each requested job based on the corresponding jobexecution request comprises to determine a payload of each requestedjob.
 19. The one or more machine-readable storage media of claim 13,wherein to determine the one or more job parameters of each requestedjob based on the corresponding job execution request comprises todetermine an estimated runtime of each requested job.
 20. The one ormore machine-readable storage media of claim 13, wherein to schedule thekernels registered on the accelerator device of the compute devicecomprises to prioritize the kernels registered on the compute devicebased on the kernel prediction.
 21. The one or more machine-readablestorage media of claim 20, wherein to prioritize the kernels registeredon the compute device based on the kernel prediction comprises toprioritize the kernels based on an estimated runtime of each kernel or apast execution history of each kernel.
 22. The one or moremachine-readable storage media of claim 20, wherein to prioritize thekernels registered on the compute device based on the kernel predictioncomprises to prioritize a next most probable kernel to receive a job tobe accelerated.
 23. The one or more machine-readable storage media ofclaim 13, wherein the plurality of instructions, when executed, furthercause the compute device to predict a next probable kernel from thekernels registered on the accelerator devices of the compute device toreceive a job to be accelerated based on an execution pattern of eachkernel.
 24. The one or more machine-readable storage media of claim 23,wherein to predict a next probable kernel from the kernels registered onthe accelerator devices of the compute device comprises to predict anexecution pattern of each kernel registered on the accelerator devicesof the compute device for each application.
 25. A compute devicecomprising: circuitry for receiving a plurality of job executionrequests, each job execution request including a job requested to beaccelerated received from an orchestrator server; circuitry fordetermining one or more job parameters of each requested job based onthe corresponding job execution request; means for selecting anaccelerator device of the compute device to execute each job based atleast in part on the job parameters of the corresponding job; means fordetermining, for each job, whether one or more kernels are to beregistered on the corresponding accelerator device selected for thecorresponding job to enable the corresponding accelerator device toexecute the job; circuitry for registering, in response to adetermination that the one or more kernels are to be registered, the oneor more kernels on the corresponding accelerator device; and means forscheduling, for each accelerator device of the compute device, thekernels of the corresponding accelerator device based on a kernelprediction.
 26. A method for overprovisioning accelerator devices of acompute device, the method comprising: receiving, by the compute device,a plurality of job execution requests, each job execution requestincluding a job requested to be accelerated received from anorchestrator server; determining, by the compute device, one or more jobparameters of each requested job based on the corresponding jobexecution request; selecting, by the compute device, an acceleratordevice of the compute device to execute each job based at least in parton the job parameters of the corresponding job; determining, by thecompute device and for each job, whether one or more kernels are to beregistered on the corresponding accelerator device selected for thecorresponding job to enable the corresponding accelerator device toexecute the job; registering, by the compute device and in response to adetermination that the one or more kernels are to be registered, the oneor more kernels on the corresponding accelerator device; and scheduling,for each accelerator device of the compute device and by the computedevice, the kernels of the corresponding accelerator device based on akernel prediction.
 27. The method of claim 26, wherein scheduling thekernels registered on the accelerator device of the compute devicecomprises prioritizing the kernels registered on the compute devicebased on the kernel prediction.
 28. The method of claim 26, furthercomprising predicting, by the compute device, a next probable kernelfrom the kernels registered on the accelerator devices of the computedevice to receive a job to be accelerated based on an execution patternof each kernel.